Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year

The Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Cardiff City's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. The award is set up by the Cardiff City Supporters' Club during the 1997-98 season.

Voting mechanism

The fans of Cardiff City Football Club vote for the Player of the Year. Towards the end of the season, the fans are invited to vote either by post, by the hand where it is handed into the Supporter Club's shop or by e-mail. The fans get three choices and each of their choices get points based on their position on the voting slip, 1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points and 3rd = 1 point. The fans can also vote for the Young Player of the Year as well.

List of winners

Players in bold are still at the club.

SeasonNamePositionNationalityCapsNotes
1995David WilliamsGoalkeeper England—Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
1998Jon HallworthForward England—Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
1999Kevin NugentGoalkeeper England—
2000Andy LeggMidfielder/Defender Wales5
2001Andy LeggMidfielder Wales6Second Award
2002Graham KavanaghMidfielder Republic of Ireland8
2003Robert EarnshawForward Wales11
2004Tony VidmarDefender Australia76
2005Chris BarkerDefender England—
2006Jason KoumasMidfielder Wales24
2007Michael ChopraForward England—
2008Roger JohnsonDefender England—
2009Roger JohnsonDefender England—Second Award
2010Peter WhittinghamMidfielder England—
2011Kevin McNaughtonDefender Scotland4
2012Peter WhittinghamMidfielder England—Second Award
2013Mark HudsonDefender England—
2014David MarshallGoalkeeper Scotland11
2015Bruno Ecuele MangaDefender Gabon41Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
2016Matthew ConnollyDefender England—
2017Aron GunnarssonMidfielder Iceland70
2018Sean MorrisonDefender England—
2019Neil EtheridgeGoalkeeper Philippines62

Summary of wins by nationality
NationalityNumber of winners
 England12
 Wales4
 Scotland2
 Australia1
 Gabon1
 Iceland1
 Philippines1
 Republic of Ireland1

Young Player of the Year

Players in bold are still at the club.

SeasonNamePositionNationalityCapsNotes
1998Christian RobertsMidfielder Wales—Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
1999Robert EarnshawForward Wales—
2000Robert EarnshawForward Wales—Second Award
2001Robert EarnshawForward Wales—Third Award
2002Danny GabbidonDefender Wales1
2003James CollinsDefender Wales—
2004James CollinsDefender Wales2Second Award
2005Joe LedleyMidfielder Wales—
2006Joe LedleyMidfielder Wales1Second Award
2007Chris GunterDefender Wales1
2008Aaron RamseyMidfielder Wales—
2009Ross McCormackForward Scotland3
2010No Presentations took place
2011Tom HeatonGoalkeeper England—
2012Joe MasonForward Ireland—Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
2014Declan JohnDefender Wales2
2015Joe RallsMidfielder England—
2016Joe RallsMidfielder England—Second Award
2017Kenneth ZohoreForward Denmark—
2018Callum PatersonDefender Scotland7
2019Callum PatersonDefender Scotland11Second Award

Footnotes
  • Caps are correct to when the player won the award.
  • During the 2009-10 season, no presentations took place, but Peter Whittingham was handed the 2010 Player of the Year the following year.

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